“I paint flowers so they will not die.” - Frida Kahlo We all know the feeling. The actors waltz onstage in a line. There’s clapping, maybe standing. Then all of a sudden the house lights come on, and you lose that darkness, that feeling of closeness you’ve grown so accustomed to over the past few hours. People begin to shuffle up the walkways, and outside the air is cold. And part of you wants to turn back and rejoin that liminal space, that in-between, for just a few more moments. It’s the...

“The magic of the theatre is that it’s a collaborative art.” - Stephen Sondheim In 2019, Laicey Gibby-Brown was riding the subway back to her NYC apartment after working Clueless: The Musical at Signature Theater. Beside her were old wooden slabs from what used to be Cher’s school bench that Laicey had just taken out of a dumpster. Days later, they were a bookshelf in her bedroom. Laicey had been in New York for about two years building a career as a theatrical carpenter and stagehand. She...

“The mission of theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.” - Arthur Miller...